Who We Are

WHO THEY AREConnie - bright red hair, funny, smart, weird. Jim - THRASHER hat, muttonchops, funny, smart, weird. Inspired by pop culture. Obsessions in music, movies, and televisions - as well as constantly on the hunt for cool old junk and paper ephermera, Print Mafia has a recognizable design style: classy, gritty, and very much alive.

WHAT THEY DO Make stuff. Lots of stuff. Print Mafia creates designs for commercial and indie clients -- ranging from gig posters and tour merchandise to promotional swag and retail items.

WHERE THEY ARE (Physically): Bowling Green, KY - one hour north of Nashville, TN - one hour south of Louisville, KY. (Mentally): Daydreaming part-time in their cult-classic filled brains - to the tunes of Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, The Smiths, and Black Sabbath.

WHEN Constantly. All Hours, Late nights and early mornings. Print Mafia is a full-time design studio that still uses an old school copy machine, exacto-knife, and their very hands to design (photoshop free!) and individually hand screen prints their creations.

WHY They just plain couldn't be doing anything else. Remember the mom and pops? When your livelihood was your heart and not just... your livelihood? Print Mafia sees every job as a personal creative investment and values great, thoughtful design, and classic imagery.

Jim Madison

Q: What is the best movie to watch about love?Fox and the Hound

Q: Where do you feel most at home and at peace?Home

Q: What is the strangest thing to ever inspire you to make a print or other art?I made a scary mask out of a photo of some random guys face. It is very scary almost too scary. I would call it an art piece and I have it with me most of the time

Q: What are some of your favorite old expressions?This is going to be a bear to print.

Q: What brand or company that is new and modern do you think totally gets it "right" with their art and branding?Slave Skateboards

Q: What kind of dream car is your dream car?'96 or older Dodge Van

Q: What advice have you given your kids about growing up, being artists themselves, or the real world?Be what you want to be now. Do what you want to do now. If you want to be an artist when you grow up be one now. That kind of stuff and also some people just suck.

Q: What did you want REAL BAD for Christmas this year?A Dodge Van

Q: How influential were your parents on you and what you've done professionally?My mom was and still is very proud of me. Almost too proud. Even of the work that is too strange for her to understand. She always says "he was always a good boy". I have no idea what that means.

Q: What's your favorite art print of PM? Rat Music

Q: Favorite black and white movie?In Cold Blood

Q: What's the oldest thing you have in your house?A work bench my grandfather built. I still use it today.

Q: Music Video you saw on TV that you were obsessed with when you were young?Golden Earring's Twilight Zone

Connie Collingsworth

Q: What is the best movie to watch about love?Brokeback Mountain or The Notebook

Q: Where do you feel most at home and at peace?In my home - I consider it my Compound.

Q: What is the strangest thing to ever inspire you to make a print or other art?The Tate/Manson Murders and the JFK Assassination. Pretty obsessed with both.

Q: What's the most memorable concert you've ever been to?Neil Young solo at The Ryman.

Q: What is your most embarrassing guilty pleasure?3 minute pop songs.

Q: What is something you eat that other people find disgusting?Fried Bologna with syrup.

Q: What's the first record/artist you remember buying?Blondie's 45 of Rapture.

Q: What do you like to have for breakfast?I would love French Toast everyday. I never get it.

Q: What are some of your favorite old expressions."Take to the Bed" - I do this when I am overwhelmed. "Hells Bells" - I say it quite often. "Shit Balls" - Try it, it works for a variety of feelings.

Q: What brand or company that is new and modern do you think totally gets it "right" with their art and branding?House Industries, French Paper Co. and Altamont.

Q: What kind of dream car is your dream car?A Jeep Scrambler or a wood panel 60's station wagon.

Q: What advice have you given your kids about growing up, being artists themselves, or the real world?Life is long and hard. If you take care of yourself no one will ever have to take care of you.

Q: What did you want REAL BAD for Christmas this year?I am very blessed with a great partner that gives me the best gifts all year. I do not want for anything.

Q: How influential were your parents on you and what you've done professionally?Very. They never sheltered me from things that people think kids shouldn't see. I was allowed to experience all aspects of culture. My mother was very creative. She sewed and made things. There wasn't anything she couldn't make. My father had a wide range of interests and they both loved music. Our house was filled with it. I'm sure that is why music is such a big part of my life and art.

Q: Best use of a song in a movie or best scene utilizing music? "Sister Christian," Night Ranger/"Jessie's Girl," Rick Springfield, Boogie Nights - The drug robbery gone bad scene with the firecrackers - or Nico's "These Days" in The Royal Tenenbaums.